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TRAINING THURSDAY: Hybrid Teams Don't Lead Themselves

Jordan Bateman : May 7, 2026

Alberta BC Training Thursday

TRAINING THURSDAY: Hybrid Teams Don't Lead Themselves

Kerry and Jordan talk about our latest featured course.

You schedule a Monday morning meeting. Your project coordinator is in the office, two estimators are on Teams from home, and your superintendent is calling in from a job-site truck. Decisions get made, but a week later half the team is operating off different information. Sound familiar?

This is the reality of leading hybrid teams in construction. The work still has to get done — bids submitted, schedules met, crews coordinated — but the old playbook for managing a fully co-located team doesn't quite fit anymore. Communication breaks down in new ways. Remote staff start to feel like outsiders. Accountability gets fuzzy. Conflict festers because it never gets surfaced face-to-face.

ICBA's Leading Hybrid Teams workshop, delivered by Kwela Leadership, is built specifically for managers navigating this challenge. It's a focused, 3.5-hour live online session that covers the fundamentals of strong team leadership while zeroing in on what's different — and harder — about leading people who aren't all in the same room.

What you'll work through:

Diagnosing how effective your team actually is right now
The phases every team moves through, and what your job is at each one
How to run hybrid meetings that don't waste anyone's time
The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team — and how to recognize them in your shop
Building trust and resolving conflict when half your conversations happen on a screen
Driving commitment and accountability without micromanaging
Clarifying roles, responsibilities, and decision-making
Keeping your team locked in on results, not just activity
Using guiding principles to build a team culture that holds up under pressure

What you'll walk away with: better communication across your team, higher engagement from your remote staff, fewer misunderstandings, sharper accountability, and a clearer sense of your own leadership style.

The workshop is run by Kwela Leadership, an experienced team-development firm that ICBA has trusted to deliver leadership training to construction industry managers.

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